Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
India, Pakistan
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
شكرا
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
تصبح على خير
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
مساء الخير
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
صباح الخير
گڈ مارننگ
Please
من فضلك
براہ مہربانی
I Love You
أحبك
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
اعذرني
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Sudan
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
South Asia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Bihari
German Name
Arabisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Not Available
Origin
512 CE
12th Century CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
North Arabic
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Urdu
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
urdu1245
Linguasphere
12-AAC
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Arabic and Urdu Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Urdu language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Urdu Difficulty
The Arabic vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Urdu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.